PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Dignissim accusam consetetur cum eum dolor sadipscing kasd kasd eos ipsum. Diam feugait et labore diam dolor sed. Eros in sadipscing dolore ea duo nostrud et et. Sit clita nulla justo elitr minim duo in ullamcorper eros labore ut at ea volutpat amet rebum consequat amet. Eirmod et diam et.
Sample Output H3
Erat nibh dolor diam te. Liber dolor eos lobortis accusam et dolores. Dolores id et amet lorem takimata duo sed ea justo est. Et luptatum accusam magna nonumy. Eirmod lorem consequat takimata nonumy euismod amet te ipsum vero elitr rebum vero consetetur vel.
Nostrud invidunt dolore voluptua stet. Dolor aliquyam labore accusam sit no est rebum elitr ea eirmod ut dolores sadipscing at suscipit laoreet et velit. Sadipscing ut sit sit clita eirmod vero sea consetetur consetetur vel. Invidunt at vel eros nonumy eos illum erat sadipscing eu amet ad invidunt sanctus. Et ipsum takimata vel et. Tempor magna dolores sed esse gubergren eleifend sanctus dolor invidunt dolore et luptatum justo sed facilisis. Amet zzril sit nulla ut amet ut et gubergren at ipsum sea facilisis invidunt aliquyam takimata et consequat consetetur. Vel aliquip stet magna sed sit sadipscing dolor duis diam invidunt diam liber. Sed dolore vero dolor et ut magna no augue cum erat lorem invidunt labore sit. Duis justo sit ipsum eos duis sit.
Sample Output H4
Et et dolore lorem est in et et dolores sit vel et gubergren magna dolor sit. Eirmod erat qui elitr gubergren. Dolor eos sed dolores aliquyam elitr et sadipscing magna lorem euismod duis sed eos eos et ea est eum. Lorem eirmod gubergren tempor et praesent stet aliquam gubergren lorem et kasd delenit kasd magna dolore rebum stet sit. Vel ipsum dolore illum labore ut eos dolor commodo ea magna zzril enim diam est rebum clita. Duis magna sit et kasd at labore ea. No sit sed. Diam ut erat mazim ut nonumy commodo. Et amet consetetur accusam nibh te est zzril et gubergren duo clita sadipscing feugait. Dolore eos nisl. Nihil eirmod lobortis dolor justo tation in diam.
Et velit sadipscing. Tempor dolor invidunt vel sit dignissim consectetuer aliquyam amet. Erat amet lorem labore justo at dolor et duis diam amet ipsum vel lorem at. Diam ut et qui et et sea erat sanctus tempor. Dolore sanctus invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Lorem erat facilisis clita et sanctus ut kasd feugiat sit diam. Sed in est eirmod gubergren duo aliquyam. Stet lorem labore augue at justo feugiat ea duis diam quis nonummy dolore sit aliquyam. Ipsum magna feugiat ut nonumy sanctus sed nonumy dolor ipsum nonumy vulputate dolore. Et tempor dolore ut sanctus labore amet dolores amet autem iriure ipsum amet sed sit erat at. Sea vel ipsum accusam tempor sit invidunt accusam at magna justo sed aliquyam diam ut. Ea laoreet dolor consequat amet sea dolor tempor dolor. Tation qui erat. Diam consetetur et nulla erat lorem iusto sit sit stet elit et rebum liber ipsum vel blandit ut sit. Takimata ullamcorper minim facilisi clita sit.
Kasd ipsum esse aliquip kasd vero duis feugait est sanctus nulla soluta invidunt amet vulputate sea dolor aliquyam sadipscing. Aliquyam sadipscing amet dolor duo eros eros dolore duis duo. Sed dolore ipsum diam ipsum dolore et lorem sed sea et magna. At gubergren et et ut sed aliquip diam sea accumsan dolore ut tempor. Eu lorem dolore amet. Et lorem invidunt justo magna quod elitr illum dignissim eros dolor blandit dolores clita justo diam qui. Sit sit est quis et stet vero. Sanctus kasd lorem. Labore tincidunt vel elitr no illum eos ipsum ut.
Sample Output H3
Tation amet veniam. Takimata dolor voluptua duo no rebum at magna sadipscing no facilisis et ea sit tempor. Magna aliquyam invidunt sed gubergren est. Ipsum sanctus lorem voluptua diam et sea. Facilisis et dolore dolores ut. Sadipscing nibh liber sed et in vel commodo nihil sea ipsum. Ipsum clita nonummy rebum velit amet consequat labore ipsum elit sanctus in. Congue tempor kasd duis consectetuer et sed ut ipsum nonumy. Congue consectetuer rebum et dolor tempor no sit ipsum et lorem dolor accusam rebum feugiat. Dolore dolores et.
Erat volutpat eu et magna lorem ea vero sed. Amet voluptua sed ut eirmod magna justo accusam dolore erat no. Stet consetetur sed velit vel sit sit. Justo lorem sed nonummy illum et dolore et eros kasd consetetur accusam clita sed takimata sed lorem delenit. Sanctus clita erat et sea veniam sed iusto iusto tation. Sea rebum erat consetetur. Sed sed doming ex eos lorem tempor sit. Sadipscing velit voluptua invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Placerat et diam sed labore sea lorem justo et euismod tempor diam sed consetetur at feugiat. Dolores dolores gubergren stet dolore et magna facilisi voluptua duo dolore et sed lorem invidunt blandit vel. At odio eirmod kasd est odio nonummy elit accusam facilisis possim aliquyam ut voluptua. Feugiat sea tempor odio lorem et et sanctus dolores sea vero labore lorem at stet sed at eum. Sit kasd eirmod takimata stet doming tempor sed kasd takimata dolor.
Takimata ipsum nonumy diam erat dolore sed aliquyam et ea hendrerit dolore dolor duo eos est diam takimata. Labore nulla voluptua dolor diam dolor diam. Erat sed sed amet magna duis voluptua magna aliquip aliquyam vero eos euismod eos et feugait amet duis possim. Sed illum tempor ut duo sanctus sit dolor ea sit dolor nonumy sed takimata eos sea labore ea vero. Et diam vulputate et ipsum. Invidunt euismod option dolores sanctus vero dolore vero ipsum tempor iriure sanctus. Sea ut facilisi amet duis sed ex augue iusto. Eirmod at stet feugait zzril amet vero sed erat luptatum labore. Nobis ipsum ipsum consetetur sadipscing sea accusam sea tempor justo nihil sit lorem.
Sample Output H4
Lorem diam augue adipiscing accusam vel erat tation et dolore justo nulla rebum. Erat minim vulputate minim ullamcorper enim lorem magna dignissim cum te iriure rebum quis et dolor erat amet. Wisi est amet amet et stet eirmod eos diam et sit invidunt sed elitr labore eros et sanctus. Elitr est eum dolores lorem consetetur nonumy dolor justo amet placerat. Et sea esse vel ipsum sed dolor accumsan soluta blandit nonumy sed nihil tempor rebum volutpat consequat aliquyam tempor. Accusam feugait dolor accusam eos eirmod. Et diam adipiscing justo nonumy tempor consetetur duo ut nulla.
Dolore erat sit sit sadipscing iriure minim vulputate et rebum in eum lobortis duis at iusto. Vero duo accumsan illum stet sed nihil dolores. Hendrerit elitr ex justo eum no liber. Nonumy amet eirmod sea no quod at amet delenit sed tempor lorem magna kasd sed et. Sadipscing diam est zzril justo eirmod lorem labore sed takimata takimata labore et justo adipiscing. Iriure lobortis sed illum magna magna vero duo lorem lorem et elitr stet aliquip sed sit. Sanctus esse justo ut qui eirmod kasd ut accumsan autem invidunt duo. Gubergren nonumy vero. Velit dolor clita et dolore kasd amet. Feugiat et est. Accusam sed erat sanctus accusam sea.
More Sample Output H2
Vero et ipsum dolores sit takimata nobis. Amet et et dolor justo labore vero sea possim gubergren takimata. Assum ipsum ipsum justo takimata takimata molestie odio. Clita delenit sanctus ullamcorper nonumy lorem et justo iriure eirmod sed erat in liber. Cum consetetur elitr invidunt duo. Esse kasd nisl accusam at dolore et ut consetetur. Lorem aliquyam lorem vulputate diam kasd et suscipit stet kasd nonumy no et eleifend eirmod gubergren ut. Consequat feugiat zzril praesent stet blandit autem tempor dolore lorem accusam consetetur dolor labore magna kasd aliquam ipsum at.
Sea sed duo dolor eos consequat ut nonumy ipsum ullamcorper. Justo ea sit vel elit invidunt tincidunt ea elitr sit ut amet lorem. Rebum est ut amet sed labore dolores nulla vel laoreet in dolor consetetur. Ipsum justo ipsum blandit et. Voluptua dolore et et amet sit dignissim rebum. Feugiat erat at autem et no gubergren dolor consetetur at iusto magna feugiat possim kasd takimata et dolore. Clita vero ipsum dolore et. Consetetur dolore sea ut amet. Rebum lorem consequat et sea zzril duis eirmod sanctus sadipscing ut lorem quod in vel luptatum sanctus sanctus luptatum. Takimata vero ut dolor voluptua sadipscing sed duo kasd consetetur dolore duo lorem dolor no consetetur consetetur. Ipsum feugait duo eos no invidunt et ipsum magna diam et.
Sample Output H3
Dolor wisi clita dolor. Justo adipiscing lobortis ipsum et aliquyam kasd sed lorem dolores nonumy imperdiet ipsum sit odio. Ipsum elitr duis ut molestie elit aliquyam. Augue dolor et labore justo aliquam dolores tempor erat ut voluptua vel ea. Invidunt tempor stet magna rebum vero dolor cum et. Elitr dolores luptatum nonummy stet et diam nisl dolor no illum molestie consectetuer sed nonumy accusam lorem dolor.
Elitr nonumy et erat sanctus aliquyam et tempor lorem magna illum consetetur dolore dolor sed eos. Diam accumsan sanctus nonumy. Aliquyam dignissim nonumy et lorem justo elitr consetetur vero kasd. Dignissim diam ipsum sed ipsum et et consetetur odio labore at veniam in lorem invidunt invidunt. Dolor gubergren vero diam eirmod ut. Stet diam sanctus nibh lorem amet gubergren labore vero elitr eu justo eirmod erat amet vulputate takimata ut. At dolore est volutpat nonummy ex sit euismod. No et clita. Sadipscing sadipscing sea clita et takimata justo laoreet.
Sample Output H4
Dolor congue amet amet consequat tempor duo facilisi ut est magna. Takimata et at dolor et dolore eirmod duo justo vero nulla vel sadipscing amet. Tempor accusam enim iriure duo dolores. Vel justo gubergren justo ipsum assum. Facilisi ipsum takimata aliquip. Invidunt tation vulputate justo invidunt. Stet et quod duo et commodo. Ut et aliquyam volutpat ipsum sadipscing stet sit labore et. Magna lorem blandit amet consetetur aliquyam elitr facilisi no clita no sit zzril. Magna consetetur feugiat amet ipsum ea invidunt duo sit et eos consetetur tempor amet ipsum aliquyam molestie sit hendrerit.
Et duo accusam erat. At consetetur labore aliquyam hendrerit et eirmod enim iusto lorem et amet odio ipsum invidunt sit laoreet. Duis amet eum ipsum ullamcorper vero accumsan feugait tempor ipsum ea dolore diam nonumy dolores dolor in. Qui et sed ipsum. Eirmod takimata enim eos labore rebum sed et. Facilisi et vero sed dolor sed blandit sadipscing hendrerit lorem. Ut cum diam et eirmod consequat aliquip sit gubergren. Quod lorem sadipscing in diam suscipit elitr. Accusam rebum stet eos ut at takimata lorem eirmod magna nostrud et gubergren nostrud sed amet te ut. Aliquyam vel eirmod gubergren amet magna ipsum lorem adipiscing.
Sample Output H4
Consequat lorem eros sea duo aliquip hendrerit erat magna duis minim duo. Vero dolor labore invidunt aliquyam at at dolor tempor elitr vel. Eu nisl duo in dolore diam takimata laoreet congue ipsum nostrud adipiscing justo iriure. Dolore vero esse dolores congue dolores stet laoreet vero vulputate illum dolor sadipscing at minim. Clita amet sed ipsum. Accusam erat at iusto nulla magna sit sea elitr duo labore lorem et consetetur odio ea at.
Lorem magna invidunt ipsum sadipscing no ipsum dolor dolore accusam dolor lorem clita. Takimata gubergren consetetur ipsum stet diam erat et rebum ut voluptua ipsum dolor diam ipsum gubergren. Invidunt vel facilisis. Accusam ipsum voluptua ipsum erat eros labore rebum diam ad ad est sed voluptua dolores eros amet. Elitr dolore eirmod dolores hendrerit feugiat sed. Accusam ipsum et no kasd elitr. Consetetur invidunt eum justo. Sit ipsum lorem dolor kasd accusam hendrerit elitr justo amet delenit ut consetetur sed est feugiat amet eirmod. Sed et duo lorem ut elitr erat ipsum. Et labore diam accusam sanctus dignissim magna sed sea lorem sanctus amet eirmod tempor elitr.
Sample Output H3
Esse ipsum invidunt accusam est dolore volutpat justo ullamcorper sit ut consetetur ipsum kasd consequat. In et ut te sadipscing clita suscipit consetetur nulla facilisi diam illum diam accusam dolore at. Amet diam aliquyam et ex et invidunt facilisi dolor magna magna delenit ex velit consetetur invidunt sit volutpat et. Clita at consetetur vero elitr. Zzril sadipscing invidunt no lorem eos elitr sea soluta vero lorem et nonumy ut.
Elitr eos labore no eos labore sit sea feugiat et ex dolor accusam eum elitr eos ullamcorper tempor ut. Nisl kasd kasd voluptua diam voluptua et et et doming nonummy autem vero. Duo stet diam clita possim vel sit sed sed adipiscing magna diam nonumy no dolore ipsum dolore. Et gubergren et autem dolore. Eos et vel diam eirmod tempor no est consetetur. Gubergren erat dolore augue zzril et sit.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum doming amet tempor stet eirmod accusam amet dolore. Autem diam ut quis feugiat nonumy vero ut et vulputate in dolor voluptua eum ut lorem dolor et ipsum. Ipsum stet iusto et vero dolore iriure feugiat sit eirmod et invidunt accumsan aliquyam eu. Exerci in et suscipit. Diam elitr lorem takimata sit illum ex et rebum invidunt sanctus. Dolor diam labore diam aliquip.
Zzril quis blandit ea nulla possim nostrud sit dolores est. Eu nulla sea rebum nibh iusto blandit sea sea eos eirmod lorem. Dolor sadipscing duo et ipsum iriure diam ipsum labore et consetetur sed qui. Stet dolore ipsum tempor dolor. Esse justo diam minim esse ea stet velit consequat voluptua dolor. Enim dolore stet amet accusam in elitr. No liber dolore no no ut voluptua kasd. Est sea consetetur lobortis in dolore vel et sanctus nobis facilisi consectetuer sadipscing at ut ipsum dolore. Suscipit et rebum magna clita amet nostrud et dolores diam dolores et ex nonumy. Molestie in justo takimata voluptua accusam dolore et labore lorem eirmod lorem elitr dolores magna at.
Sample Output H4
Volutpat hendrerit rebum. Et sit lorem. Diam et iusto et in. Duo erat eros illum. Euismod aliquyam kasd et duis magna ea vero ullamcorper magna amet invidunt et no est. Amet et iriure. Et nulla rebum nibh. Consetetur duo facilisi diam ipsum consetetur sea dolore justo augue ipsum consetetur luptatum rebum kasd no. Vulputate accusam kasd dolore est diam accusam ea dolor nostrud ut dolor gubergren invidunt dolore eu lorem nam.
Labore tation laoreet sed tincidunt dolor dolor sanctus et dolor no nulla et sit sit at et dignissim. Clita est at labore lorem justo at odio autem duo minim at elitr duis amet eirmod sit. Justo est no gubergren et sadipscing lorem aliquip ut. Et amet nostrud ipsum. Duo dolores esse. Iusto sanctus sit sit. Qui eos erat nulla et sit eos augue et vel ea ea aliquyam consequat. Magna ut dolor duis delenit sanctus clita vero quis nonumy sea vel stet sed. Tempor dolores no sed nulla elitr dolor in. Ut takimata blandit stet et illum accusam aliquyam. Dolores erat consequat nisl ipsum et est lobortis.